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Gender Politics and the Supreme Court
No full textThis faculty and staff panel (Whitney Court, Phil Kronebusch, Shannon Smith, Emily Paup, Lori Klapperich) explored the impact of the Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh hearings in relation to Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation process. Panelists discussed the importance of this Supreme Court seat in relation to upcoming court cases; comparisons to the 1991 Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas hearings and how we study the intersection of gender and race; gendered expectations of civility as it relates to gender, voice, and agency; and the myths versus realities of sexual assault and the impact of such public discussions on survivors. The panel presentation was followed by a Q&A with students, including questions about how we might respond to political polarization and how the outcome of the confirmation process might affect the willingness of sexual assault and harassment victims to come forward
The Ethics of Scientific Communication and the Challenges to Public Education About Climate Change: A Minnesota Perspective
No full textNumerous pitfalls must be navigated in providing scientific knowledge, assessment, and direction regarding climate change and its consequences. Evidence abounds in the scientific literature that climate change is real. However there are disparities in the measured signals of climate change (data), as well as uncertainties in the model projections of what climate change will look like. Serious consequences have already surfaced and presented real challenges to adaptation, both with respect to the management of natural resources, as well as the management of societal infrastructure. Localizing the message and finding common ethical grounds are mandatory for civil and meaningful dialogue on this topic. I will describe some lessons learned over 40 years as University of Minnesota Extension Climatologist.
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All the Streets Are a Stage: Performing Transnational Artivisms in the Americas
No full textLeticia Robles-Moreno holds a PhD from New York University’s Department of Performance Studies. Her research is focused on collective creation processes in contemporary Latin American performance and politics. She explores how theatre, art, and activism, performed especially by women, can build networked practices as strategies of resistance and survival. She has published scholarly articles in Latin American Theatre Review, Contemporary Theatre Review, Hispanic Issues Online, and Conjunto. From 2010 to 2017 she served as Project Manager of the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics Digital Video Library (HIDVL) and is currently Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre & Dance at Muhlenberg College
Hindu Monks and Missionaries in Late Modernity: Reflections of a Christian Comparative Theologian
No full textIn December 2014, an Indian parliamentary minister raised a storm of controversy when he proposed a ban on all religious conversions throughout India. This event represented merely the most recent moment in an ongoing “conversion controversy” which has hung over Hindu-Christian relations for over two centuries.
In his lecture, Dr. Locklin will attempt to get behind this controversy by exploring the theologies of several Hindu missionaries in the modern era—monastic visionaries who gave new expression to the non-dualist Hindu tradition of Advaita Vedānta and reinvented it as a global religious movement. Such Hindu missionaries, in turn, offer Christians an opportunity to rethink our own theologies of mission and conversion.
Reid B. Locklin, Ph.D, is Associate Professor of Christianity and the Intellectual Tradition at the University of Toronto, a joint appointment with St Michael’s College and the Department for the Study of Religion. His research focuses on a range of issues in Comparative Theology and Hindu-Christian Studies, particularly the engagement between Christian thought and the Hindu tradition of Advaita Vedānta. His works include Spiritual but not Religious? (Liturgical Press, 2005), Liturgy of Liberation (Peeters, 2011), and the edited volume, Vernacular Christianity, Vernacular Saints: Selva J. Raj on ‘Being Catholic the Tamil Way’ (SUNY, 2017)
Panel Discussion
No full textHow do we dismantle the current negative narrative about higher education generally and the unique concerns on our individual campuses specifically? As we think through what is demanded of us on our campuses, in our regions and nationally, what is the story we would like to tell about our work and how our sector is constitutive to democracy and the American dream? How do we engage in and utilize design thinking to take back to our campuses what we have learned and prepare to lead toward success for all students
Gender Identity and Justice in Nigeria: An Appraisal of Women in Lagos State
Get PDFThis paper examines gender identity and justice in the light of gender discrimination against women in Nigeria. Through the use of primary research, with the specific focus on women resident in Lagos state, the findings of this research show that in Nigeria, women are often considered as subservient to men. This paper therefore asserts that there is an urgent need to address gender inequality in order to create a gender balanced society. Furthermore, the paper concludes that gender equality will translate to justice for women and empower them to contribute positively to the overall development of Nigeria
Life or Death and Other False Dichotomies: A Theology of Hospice
Get PDFFeelings of fear and failure are often ascribed to death and dying; hospice offers a new way forward. This paper considers fear of death from a personal and evolutionary psychological perspective, then branching into the ways fear of death and death anxiety are made manifest in the health care system. Within the health care system, in particular the biomedical model of health care, death is construed as the enemy, the ultimate mark of failure. In one sense, death is fundamentally unknown, and is therefore naturally fear-inducing. Simultaneously, death is also both singularly and universally knowable; it is the only thing that one can be certain will occur in every person’s life. Through exploring theological anthropology (questions of ‘what makes us human?’ and ‘how does human freedom relate to death?’) as well as Christology, a theology of hospice is constructed that is grounded in the sacredness of life and the importance of quality of life. At its core, hospice is about both acceptance of current reality and hope for what is yet to come, in this life and beyond
Glocal Gotland: A Case Study in Self-Reliance & Submission in the 21st Century
No full textThe island of Gotland, situated in the Baltic Sea, has been cross-roads of trade and culture in the region for thousands of years. Today it is a province in Sweden, however its long-term inhabitants retain a fierce sense of independence and autonomy. It simultaneously pursues energy and economic sustainability goals and is caught up in the global geopolitics of US, NATO, and Russian power plays in the region. While interest grows in its traditional language and culture, it embraces its status as a meeting place for the region and the world. Thus it is a fascinating case study for how impulses toward self-reliance and engagement play out in our ever more globally connected, local-identity-focused world